Butler Lake, Libertyville, Illinois

This view of Butler Lake was taken from the northeast side of the lake. The 50-acre lake west of downtown Libertyville was originally a natural body of water fed by Bull Creek. It lay at the western edge of property owned by early Libertyville settler Horace Butler, for whom it is named. Over the years sludge built up in the lake and the depth shrank to 3-5 feet, In 1934, a WPA project allotted $257,000 to dredge the lake basin and use sand to build a beach and a park. In 2005, the lake was dredged again to a depth of ten feet at the center. The park is still used by the community for summer and winter activities.

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This view of Butler Lake was taken from the northeast side of the lake. The 50-acre lake west of downtown Libertyville was originally a natural body of water fed by Bull Creek. It lay at the western edge of property owned by early Libertyville settler Horace Butler, for whom it is named. Over the years sludge built up in the lake and the depth shrank to 3-5 feet, In 1934, a WPA project allotted $257,000 to dredge the lake basin and use sand to build a beach and a park. In 2005, the lake was dredged again to a depth of ten feet at the center. The park is still used by the community for summer and winter activities.

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